Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Director:
Charles Barton
Writers:
Richard Morris, John Grant.
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Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle |
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Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle |
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James Best as Marvin Johnson |
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Lori Nelson as Rosie Kettle |
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Esther Dale as Birdie Hicks |
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Emory Parnell as Billy Reed |
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Oliver Blake as Geoduck |
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Russell Simpson as Clem Johnson |
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Rex Lease as Sheriff |
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Sara Taft as Gossip (uncredited) |
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Jackie Jackson as Henry Kettle (uncredited) |
| Camera | Maury Gertsman | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Charles Barton | Director |
| Writing | Martin Ragaway | Story |
| Writing | Leonard B. Stern | Story |
| Writing | Jack Henley | Story |
| Writing | Richard Morris | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Grant | Screenplay |
| Production | Jack Gertsman | Unit Manager |
| Art | Wally Kirkpatrick | Props |
| Sound | John W. Rixey | Sound |
| Production | Leonard Goldstein | Producer |
| Editing | Ted J. Kent | Editor |
| Art | Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Art | Eric Orbom | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | B. Reeves Eason | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Sound | Corson Jowett | Sound |